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Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential.

This Enriched Classic edition includes:

A concise introduction that gives readers important background information

A chronology of the author's life and work

A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context

An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations

Detailed explanatory notes

Critical analysis including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work

Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction

A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience

Softcover, 390 pages.

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Enduring Literature Illuminated by Practical Scholarship By turns a children's fantasy and a social satire for adults, Gulliver's Travels is one of the most popular adventure tales of all time. "A Modest Proposal," also an imaginative, enduring work, is political lampoonery at its finest. This Enriched Classic Edition includes: &#149 A concise introduction that gives readers important background information &#149 A chronology of the author's life and work &#149 A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context &#149 An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations &#149 Detailed explanatory notes &#149 Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work &#149 Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction &#149 A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential. Series edited by Cynthia Brantley Johnson